Migrating Indian users’ data to local Cloud infrastructure: Xiaomi


Bengaluru, Aug 31: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi on Friday announced it is migrating data of its Indian users to Cloud service providers Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure that have infrastructure in the country.At Xiaomi, data privacy and security are of utmost importance to us. We are taking one more step...

Prasad meets Pichai, seeks Google’s involvement in empowering Indians


San Francisco, Aug 31: India seeks greater involvement of Google in digital inclusion programmes including Digital Village initiative to empower millions of people in the country, Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has told the company's CEO Sundar Pichai.Prasad met Pichai at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, on Thursday. Held a very...

Martian skies clearing, hope for Opportunity Rover: NASA


Washington, Aug 31: With skies clearing over Opportunity Rover's resting spot in Mars, NASA believes that the solar-powered rover will soon receive enough sunlight to automatically initiate recovery procedures --but only if it is able to.The impact of a latest storm on Opportunity's systems is unknown but could have resulted in reduced...

Google Assistant goes bilingual


Berlin, Aug 31: Google Assistant will now be able to understand and speak more than one language at a time, the company announced on Friday.With the annual tech show IFA 2018 kick-starting here, Google said that it is adding multi-lingual support to its Assistant. Currently, the Assistant can understand any pair of languages...

Google Launchpad Accelerator India shortlists 10 startups


New Delhi, Aug 31: Google on Friday announced the first batch of 10 short-listed startups who will be part of its Launchpad Accelerator mentorship programme in India.The inaugural class will begin on September 10 at the Google office in Bengaluru. The startups will go through a two-week intensive mentorship boot camp, followed by...

Micromax launches affordable smartphone ‘YU ACE’


New Delhi, Aug 30: Micromax Informatics' sub-brand YU on Thursday launched a new smartphone YU ACE for Rs 5,999.The smartphone will be available on Flipkart in an open sale starting September 6, the company said in a statement. We are extremely excited to launch a phone that we strongly believe is a game...

redBus now on Google Maps


New Delhi, Aug 30: Online bus ticket booking platform redBus on Thursday announced that it has joined hands with Google Maps to provide users all the necessary transport information required to travel between two cities.With this partnership, Google Maps would now be able to assist travellers with inter-city bus transport information along...

Updated Google ‘Wear’ OS coming with easy swipe feature


San Francisco, Aug 30: Google has announced the third major update of its Wear operating system (OS) that is set to debut with tweaked user interface (UI), quicker access to notifications, smarter health coaching and more proactive help from Assistant.We're making it easier to browse, dismiss or take action on your notifications...

Honor 7S to be launched in India in September


New Delhi, Aug 30: Huawei's sub-brand Honor is set to launch Honor 7S budget smartphone in the first week of September that would be available on Flipkart.The smartphone will feature a 13MP primary camera and a 5MP front snapper with selfie toning flash, industry sources told IANS on Thursday. Honor 7S will house...